DFRobotShop Rover example code

A lot of people who submitted to the Adafruit/Instructables "Make it Tweet" challenge also submitted to the RobotShop Microcontroller contest, so many of us got our 50% off coupon codes for a DFRobotShop Rover. I noticed that the documentation on this was a little lacking especially where code is concerned. Even the example code needed some upgrading. 

After poking and prodding around for a while, I think I figured out all the pins, the on-board light sensor, and the on-board temperature sensor. The sketch below turns every operation into a function so it can be called selectively by the user who needs it. I am posting this here in hopes that it helps others with their robot projects:

/* DFRobotShop Rover bare minimum

Left and right are determined as though driving a car
with the USB and power ports in the rear. If you want
to test code without driving it off your desk, simply
remove the tank treads! 

Board Type: Arduino Duemilanove ATMega328
Motor Drivers: L293B dual H bridge

Motors run at 4.5v nominal, but the whole board can
be powered from 3.78v to 9V. 


pin 5; //Right Speed Control (analogWrite 0-255)
pin 6; //Left Speed Control (analogWrite 0-255)
pin 7; //Right Direction Control  (HIGH=forward, LOW=back)
pin 8; //Left Direction Control (HIGH=forward, LOW=back)

Ambient Light pin on Analog 0
Thermal Sensor (LM35) on Analog 1

*/
int lightPin = A0;
int thermoPin = A1;
int rightMotorPin = 5;
int leftMotorPin = 6;
int rightDirectionPin = 7;
int leftDirectionPin = 8;
int leftspeed = 255; //255 is maximum speed
int rightspeed = 255;

void setup(){
  pinMode(lightPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(thermoPin, INPUT);
  pinMode(rightMotorPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(leftMotorPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(rightDirectionPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(leftDirectionPin, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600); // 
}

void loop(){
  // Everything in here is just an example of how to use the functions below.
  forward (leftspeed,rightspeed); //Go Forward
  delay(2500);
  left (leftspeed,rightspeed); // Turn Left
  delay(2500);
  reverse (leftspeed,rightspeed); // Go Backward
  delay(2500);
  right (leftspeed,rightspeed); // Turn Right
  delay(2500);
  stop(); // Full Stop
  delay(2500);
  float TempC = getTemp();
  Serial.print(TempC);
  Serial.println(" degrees C");
  delay(500);
  float light = getLight();
  Serial.print(light);
  Serial.println(" percent readable light"); 
  delay(500);

}

// Everything below this line can be deleted or you can re-use the code

void stop(void) //Stop
{
  digitalWrite(leftMotorPin,LOW);
  digitalWrite(rightMotorPin,LOW);
}

void forward(char a,char b)
{
  analogWrite (leftMotorPin,a);
  digitalWrite(leftDirectionPin,LOW);
  analogWrite (rightMotorPin,b);
  digitalWrite(rightDirectionPin,LOW);
}

void reverse (char a,char b)
{
  analogWrite (leftMotorPin,a);
  digitalWrite(leftDirectionPin,HIGH);
  analogWrite (rightMotorPin,b);
  digitalWrite(rightDirectionPin,HIGH);
}

void left (char a,char b)
{
  analogWrite (leftMotorPin,a);
  digitalWrite(leftDirectionPin,HIGH);
  analogWrite (rightMotorPin,b);
  digitalWrite(rightDirectionPin,LOW);
}

void right (char a,char b)
{
  analogWrite (leftMotorPin,a);
  digitalWrite(leftDirectionPin,LOW);
  analogWrite (rightMotorPin,b);
  digitalWrite(rightDirectionPin,HIGH);
}

float getTemp ()
{
  float sensorRead = analogRead(thermoPin); // Get reading
  float tempRead = (5.0 * sensorRead * 100.0)/1024.0; // 5V
  return tempRead;
}

float getLight()
{
  float lightRead = analogRead(lightPin);
  float lightPercent = map(lightRead, 1024, 0, 0, 100); // to percent of light reading
  return lightPercent;
}